{"id":426004,"date":"2026-05-11T23:28:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/air-france-klm-group-name-sas-tap-rebrand\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T14:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T04:03:13","slug":"no-more-air-france-klm-group-to-scrap-22-year-old-name-amid-sas-tap-moves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=426004","title":{"rendered":"No More Air France-KLM: Group To Scrap 22-Year-Old Name Amid SAS & TAP Moves"},"content":{"rendered":"

Air France-KLM<\/a><\/span> is pushing ahead with plans to change its name as it prepares to welcome Scandinavian carrier SAS<\/a><\/span> into the fold. Although facing opposition from many inside the company, Group CEO Ben Smith has confirmed the airline group will rename itself in the vein of International Airlines Group (IAG), which does not contain the names of founding carriers British Airways or Iberia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A significant rebranding could be on the cards for one of Europe’s biggest airline groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1132,396,476,120,1383,1251,688],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-426004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-france-klm","category-aircraft","category-airlines","category-europe","category-name","category-sas","category-tap-air-portugal"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t